Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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... brought in every morning , and by the close of the day the switches were usually worn out . These beatings do not appear to have caused any rancor in the heart of Ulysses ; or he may have had a tough skin . " I never had any hard ...
... brought in every morning , and by the close of the day the switches were usually worn out . These beatings do not appear to have caused any rancor in the heart of Ulysses ; or he may have had a tough skin . " I never had any hard ...
Page 143
... brought them almost to the negro's level . The mechanics , carpenters , bricklayers and other working men of the towns were hardly any better off than the poor white farmers . Slaves trained in the mechanical trades were hired out by ...
... brought them almost to the negro's level . The mechanics , carpenters , bricklayers and other working men of the towns were hardly any better off than the poor white farmers . Slaves trained in the mechanical trades were hired out by ...
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... brought in . A wounded Confederate said that the whole of Johnston's army had come up . All this was reported to Sher- man , as Grant had gone for the day , but Sherman made light of the matter , and expressed his opinion that there ...
... brought in . A wounded Confederate said that the whole of Johnston's army had come up . All this was reported to Sher- man , as Grant had gone for the day , but Sherman made light of the matter , and expressed his opinion that there ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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